歧視是違法行為。
The terms of this Notice apply to the University of Pennsylvania Health System (collectively referred to here as “UPHS”) and its subsidiaries and affiliates, including but not limited to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Hospital, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Chester County Hospital, Lancaster General Health, Lancaster General Hospital, Lancaster General Medical Group, The Heart Group of Lancaster General Health, Lancaster General Health – Columbia Center, Penn Medicine Home Health Lancaster General Health, Penn Medicine Princeton Health, Penn Medicine Princeton Health Behavioral Health, Penn Medicine Princeton Medicine Physicians, Penn Medicine Home Health Princeton Health, Penn Medicine Hospice Princeton Health, the Clinical Practices of the University of Pennsylvania, Clinical Care Associates, Clinical Health Care Associates of New Jersey, Penn Medicine Hospice, and Penn Medicine at Home.
UPHS 遵守適用的聯邦民權法，不會基於種族、膚色、國籍、年齡、殘疾或性別而歧視（與 45 CFR § 92.101(a)(2) 所述性別歧視範圍一致 ）（或性別，包括性別特徵，含雙性特徵；懷孕或相關狀況；性取向；性別認同及性別刻板印象）。1] UPHS 不會因種族、膚色、國籍、年齡、殘疾或性別而排擠他人或給予其差別待遇。
UPHS:
為身障人士提供合理的設施改裝並免費提供適當的輔助工具及服務，以便與我們進行有效溝通，例如：
- 合格的手語翻譯員
- 其他格式的書面資訊（大字體、音訊、無障礙電子格式、其他格式）。
為母語非英語的人士提供免費語言協助服務，其中可能包括：
如果您需要合理的設施裝修、適當的輔助工具與服務、或者語言協助服務，請聯絡 UPHS Office of Patient Affairs。
如果您認為 UPHS 未提供這些服務或基於種族、膚色、國籍、年齡、殘疾或性別而做出其他形式的歧視，您可以向以下機構提出申訴：
UPHS Office of Patient Affairs
3535 Market Street, 15th Floor, Suite 7
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: 215-273-5377
Fax: 215-349-5116
Email: patientaffairs@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
您可以親自或透過郵寄、傳真或電子郵件提出申訴。如果您需要協助提出申訴，UPHS Office of Patient Affairs 可以為您提供協助。
您也可以透過民權辦公室投訴入口網站以電子方式向美國衛生與公眾服務部民權辦公室提出民權投訴，網址：https://ocrportal.hhs.gov/ocr/portal/lobby.jsf，或者透過電子郵件或電話：
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
200 Independence Avenue, SW
Room 509F, HHH Building
Washington, D.C. 20201
1-800-368-1019, 800-537-7697 (TDD)
投訴表格可在以下網址取得：http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/office/file/index.html.
[1] This language/approach is not required under Section 1557 regulations.